I don't know why I have difficulty breathing tonight... So much so that I'm gasping for air now...

And what's more ironic is, I'm studying on "Adverse Drug Reactions" now. I'm dreading the Pharmacology test on wed. Argh... Why must drug names be so long and alienish?!

To confuse the already confused patients??? And healthcare professionals... To make them feel smarter when they use those terms?!

Did you know...

That fatal adverse drug reactions (FADRs) account for approximately 3% of all deaths in the general populations?

Making it the 7th most common death in Sweden. 4th-6th leading cause of death in US.

And 50% of ADRs are actually preventable.

I believe one of the (many) causes of that is probably carelessness on the healthcare professionals' part, when they misread the MICROSCOPIC, superfluously bombastic names of drugs and administer wrongly.

That's why for nurses, we have to TRIPLE check a drug for its name and expiry date before giving it to the RIGHT patients (Gotta check their names and IC numbers TWICE.)

Basically, it's the 5 Rs.

1) Right time
2) Right person
3) Right dosage
4) Right route
5) Right drug

 

After writing so much, I'm still gasping for air.... Omg,

Save meee..........